1 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
4 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
5 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
6 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
7 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
8 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
9 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
10 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
11 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
12 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
13 minor version number for this
14 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
15 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
16 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
17 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
18 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
19 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
20 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
22 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 10:55:19 +0000
24 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
26 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
27 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
28 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
29 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
30 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
32 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
34 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
35 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
36 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
37 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
38 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
39 * document the fact that x font utilities have moved to the package
40 xutils, closes: Bug#82966
41 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
42 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
43 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
44 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
45 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
46 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
47 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
48 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
49 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
52 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
54 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
56 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
57 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
59 * Document the Enhances relationship
60 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
61 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
62 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
63 policy. closes: Bug#53496
64 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
65 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
67 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
69 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
70 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
71 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
72 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
74 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
75 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
76 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
77 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
78 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
80 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
82 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
84 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
85 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
86 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
88 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
89 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
90 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
91 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
92 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
93 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
94 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
95 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
96 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
98 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
100 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
102 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
104 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
105 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
106 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
107 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
108 policy. closes: Bug#64437
109 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
110 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
111 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
112 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
113 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
114 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
115 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
116 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
117 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
118 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
119 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
120 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
121 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
122 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
123 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
124 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
125 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
127 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
128 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
130 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
132 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
134 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
135 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
136 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
137 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
138 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
139 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
140 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
141 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
142 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
143 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
144 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
145 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
146 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
147 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
148 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
149 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
150 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
151 alternative closes: Bug#53755
152 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
153 list closes: Bug#53756
154 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
155 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
156 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
157 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
158 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
159 policy closes: Bug#53760
160 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
161 policy closes: Bug#53761
162 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
163 that use X closes: Bug#53762
164 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
165 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
166 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
167 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
168 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
169 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
170 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
171 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
172 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
174 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
175 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
176 to install with older fileutils.
177 * Installed FHS version 2.1
178 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
179 * Added FHS details to copyright file
180 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
182 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
183 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
185 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
187 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
189 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
190 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
192 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
194 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
196 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
197 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
199 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
202 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
204 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
205 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
207 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
209 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
211 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
213 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
214 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
216 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
218 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
220 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
221 #45561, #42447, #48570)
222 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
223 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
224 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
225 directoried (closes: #41547)
226 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
227 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
228 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
229 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
230 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
231 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
232 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
233 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
234 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
235 package criteria (closes: #45318)
236 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
238 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
239 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
240 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
241 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
242 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
243 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
244 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
246 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
247 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
248 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
249 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
251 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
253 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
255 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
256 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
258 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
260 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
262 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
263 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
265 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
267 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
269 * A few typos and omissions corrected
270 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
272 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
273 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
274 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
275 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
276 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
277 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
278 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
279 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
280 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
281 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
282 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
283 this closes: Bug#38612
284 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
285 before. closes: Bug#40864
287 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
289 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
291 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
293 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
295 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
296 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
297 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
299 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
300 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
301 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
302 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
303 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
304 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
306 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
307 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
308 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
310 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
312 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
313 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
314 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
315 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
316 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
318 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
320 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
322 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
323 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
324 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
325 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
326 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
327 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
328 there). closes: Bug#34233
329 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
330 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
331 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
332 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
333 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
335 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
337 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
339 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
340 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
341 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
342 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
345 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
346 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
347 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
348 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
349 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
352 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
353 number. closes: BUG#25911
355 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
356 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
357 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
358 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
359 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
360 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
362 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
363 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
364 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
367 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
368 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
369 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
371 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
372 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
373 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
374 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
376 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
377 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
378 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
380 * Make the package optional, not extra.
382 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
383 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
384 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
385 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
386 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
387 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
388 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
389 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
392 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
394 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
395 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
398 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
400 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
402 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
404 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
406 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
408 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
409 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
410 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
411 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
412 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
413 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
414 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
415 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
417 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
418 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
420 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
422 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
424 * non-maintainer release
425 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
426 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
428 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
429 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
431 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
433 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
435 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
439 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
441 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
443 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
445 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
446 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
447 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
449 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
450 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
452 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
453 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
454 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
455 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
457 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
458 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
459 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
460 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
461 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
462 and restart options and to comply with the console message
463 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
465 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
466 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
467 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
470 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
471 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
472 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
474 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
475 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
476 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
478 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
479 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
481 * New version numbering scheme:
483 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
484 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
485 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
488 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
489 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
490 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
491 differ between the manuals.
493 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
494 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
495 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
496 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
500 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
501 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
503 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
505 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
507 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
509 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
511 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
512 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
513 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
515 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
516 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
519 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
520 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
521 file extension as the referenced file
523 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
524 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
526 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
527 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
528 start, stop, restart, force-reload
529 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
532 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
533 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
534 be installed into /etc/cron.d
536 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
537 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
538 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
539 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
542 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
543 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
546 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
547 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
548 reasonable default configuration
550 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
551 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
552 by all news servers and clients
554 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
555 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
556 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
557 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
558 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
560 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
561 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
564 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
566 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
567 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
569 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
572 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
573 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
575 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
576 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
578 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
580 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
582 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
584 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
585 - X library package is now called xlib6g
586 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
587 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
589 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
591 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
592 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
593 * Don't use debstd anymore
595 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
597 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
599 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
600 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
601 contrib/non-free policy
602 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
603 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
604 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
605 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
606 - new section about `Daemons'
607 - updated section about `Configuration files'
608 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
609 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
610 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
611 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
612 * Paper about libc6 migration:
613 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
614 * SGML source code included in package
615 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
617 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
619 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
621 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
622 - completely reworked structure
623 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
624 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
625 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
626 - removed all those ugly footnotes
627 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
628 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
629 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
630 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
631 - mention "orphaned packages"
632 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
633 distributions' policy
634 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
635 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
636 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
637 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
638 - added section about arch spec strings
639 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
640 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
641 - added section about "menus"
642 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
643 the new documentation policy soon
644 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
645 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
647 - added section about editors and pagers
648 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
649 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
650 - added section about device files
651 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
652 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
653 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
655 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
656 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
657 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
658 - Added new section about obsolete names
659 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
660 * Fixed package's description
662 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
664 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
666 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
668 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
670 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
672 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
673 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
674 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
675 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
677 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
679 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
681 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
682 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
683 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
685 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
686 and upload it "byhand" too.
688 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
690 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
693 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
694 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
695 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
696 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
697 functionality must not have the same name.
698 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
699 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
700 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
701 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
702 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
703 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
704 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
706 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
707 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
708 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
709 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
710 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
711 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
712 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
713 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
716 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
718 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
720 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
722 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
723 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
724 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
725 a package into. (Guy Maor)
726 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
729 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
731 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
733 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
735 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
736 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
737 description of deb file format.
738 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
739 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
741 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
743 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
744 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
746 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
748 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
750 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
751 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
752 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
753 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
754 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
755 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
756 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
757 packages in section on Procedure
758 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
760 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
761 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
762 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
764 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
765 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
766 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
767 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
768 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
769 on various shlib files
770 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
771 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
772 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
774 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
776 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
778 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
779 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
780 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
782 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
783 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
784 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
785 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
786 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
788 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
790 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
792 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
794 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
796 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
797 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
798 compatibility go in contrib.
800 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
801 instructions in policy manual.
802 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
805 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
807 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
809 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
810 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
811 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
812 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
814 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
815 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
818 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
820 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
822 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
823 * More detail about changelog format names.
825 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
826 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
830 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
832 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
834 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
836 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
838 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
840 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
842 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
844 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
845 * More verbosity about netiquette.
846 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
848 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
850 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
852 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
854 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
856 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
860 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
863 mode: debian-changelog